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MEANS OF RESTRAINT. 



the same side, through the ring of the other hind leg, and back 

 to the slot of the main hobble, where it is secured by the pin- 

 screw. The Bernardot & Buttel apparatus is then put in place 

 and buckled by an assistant, wdth the surcingle on the side of the 

 patient opposite to that on which he is to be made to lie. Previ- 

 ous to this, another assistant will have passed a long rope around 

 the body of the animal a little back of the withers, and with still 

 another holds it on what will be the under side when the patient 

 hes down. Still another assistant is placed at his head, to aid the 

 one who holds it, while yet another grasps the tail, and two others 

 seize the casting rope. 



The second step of the operation is to reduce the animal's 

 base of support as much as possible, by bringing the four feet 

 together. To do this, the operator, standing in front of the as- 

 sistants who hold the casting rope, has each hind leg in succession 

 raised sHghtly from the ground and carried forward by the assist- 

 ant having it in charge, a gentle traction being made at the same 

 time upon the casting roj)e, in order to shorten the length of the 

 chain passing through the hobbles, the assistants at the head 

 meanwhile gently backing the animal still more to reduce his area 

 of support, vuitH the equilibrium is so nearly lost that the animal 



Fig. 22.— Horse about to be Cast. 



